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AddBy: Tracey Kearns16th May 2023 4:19PMThe following comments were left on our Heritage FB Page in May 2023
Steven Kennedy
"That dealership would have been as proud as punch too. The mk 1 zephyr, a compact good looking and for it's day a powerful and fast car, the Ford Thames trucks V8 and 4cyl suited a wide range of buyers. WIN WIN for the FORD branding."
Carnerd Mark
"The photo date is not before 1 July 1951, by the number plate on the Zephyr."
John Stokes
"Indeed Mark - judging by detail in the Zephyr, the photo is sometime between 1953 and 1956 - probably earlier rather than later as there is no Ford Popular or 100E in the display."
John S. Clark
"Can't be an 1949 image as the Mark I Ford Zephyr (as in image at left) and Consul models were first displayed at the Earls Court Motor Show in 18-28 October 1950, and production began in January 1951. The license plate 339,745 (white on black, with comma between two sets of up to 3 numerals) dates it to 1951-1956."
Steven Kennedy
"That dealership would have been as proud as punch too. The mk 1 zephyr, a compact good looking and for it's day a powerful and fast car, the Ford Thames trucks V8 and 4cyl suited a wide range of buyers. WIN WIN for the FORD branding."
Carnerd Mark
"The photo date is not before 1 July 1951, by the number plate on the Zephyr."
John Stokes
"Indeed Mark - judging by detail in the Zephyr, the photo is sometime between 1953 and 1956 - probably earlier rather than later as there is no Ford Popular or 100E in the display."
John S. Clark
"Can't be an 1949 image as the Mark I Ford Zephyr (as in image at left) and Consul models were first displayed at the Earls Court Motor Show in 18-28 October 1950, and production began in January 1951. The license plate 339,745 (white on black, with comma between two sets of up to 3 numerals) dates it to 1951-1956."
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Howell Motors Ltd. Ford & Fordson Display, ca 1951. Upper Hutt City Library, accessed 20/03/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/33970



